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Tool Search Proxy for Gemini CLI

io.github.datolabs-io/mcp-toolsearch-proxy

Lets a model search and call a large MCP tool catalog through six tools instead of loading it

client:Gemini CLI transport:stdio runtime:oci

Install Tool Search Proxy in Gemini CLI

~/.gemini/settings.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.gemini\settings.json

Held in this page only — never stored, logged, or sent anywhere but back to your screen.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-toolsearch-proxy": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/datolabs-io/mcp-toolsearch-proxy:0.10.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TOOLSEARCH_UPSTREAM": "<TOOLSEARCH_UPSTREAM>",
        "TOOLSEARCH_EMBEDDER": "<TOOLSEARCH_EMBEDDER>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Gemini expands $VAR and ${VAR} inside env values, so a secret can live in your shell rather than this file. Gemini CLI docs

Tool Search Proxy in other clients